Monday, June 28, 2010

Hungry’s Girl Guide: Steamworks Pub Restaurant

Happiness to me is good food, good friends and family. Today had all the right mix of happiness for me. It was a going away party for my intern Monica (@monicakim10) who has worked very hard on helping the team at The Network Hub bring for the first time in Canada, Vancouver Freelance Camp. Monica worked hard and tirelessly with our team to plan and organize the “unconference.” Her time is over with us and she will be going back to Korea to finish her schooling, we are happy she is moving forward but sad she will not be working side-by-side with us any more. At the same time, we welcome Raul’s (@hummingbird604) mom who will be staying with us for a month. It was a joyous occasion that called for the celebration of Monica’s bright future and to send her off but it was also a warm welcome party to Raul’s mom.

At the table, it was almost like some sort of small UN delegation meeting. It was an interesting mix, we had Raul and his mom representing Mexico and Canada, Jay (@jaycatalan) who is Filipino-Canadian, I am Vietnamese-Canadian, Yvonne (@ylizabeth) who is Chinese-Canadian, Monica (@monicakim10) who is Korean and Chet (@cosmicblend) who is part-Irish and something else I forget. Here we are at Steamworks with an equally diverse menu – butter chicken, Asian-inspired tiger prawn linguini, spaghetti and meatball, fish & chips… etc.

Steamworks Restaurant - Panfried Tiger Prawn Linguini

Steamworks Restaurant - Spaghetti & Prime Rib Meatballs

Steamworks Restaurant - Lobster Ravioli

Steamworks Restaurant - Butter Chicken

Steamworks Restaurant - Fish & Chips

The food was good but the company was even better! Nothing like sharing food to celebrate, welcome and say goodbye, but more importantly at the same table with all our varied cultures, backgrounds and values – we can all agree we enjoy breaking bread in each other’s company.